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GUEST,Kenny Higginbotham Chord Req: Evangelina (Hoyt Axton) (23) RE: Chord Req: Evangelina (Hoyt Axton) 21 Sep 10


I wrote this song with Hoyt and I'd like to share the chords we used. Both Declan and Mark are close but there are some minor differences in the actual chords as written.

G         Em
And I dream in the morning
D                  G/C/G
That she brings me water.
                   A7
And I dream in the evening
                   D/D7
That she brings me wine.
                   G
Just a fisherman's daughter
C          G
From Puerto Penasco
            D    G      
Evangelina in old Mexico

That is essentially the same for all verses although I use and ascending progression on the A7 to embellish. The Bridge is as follows:
G       F#m    F                     C
And the fire I feel for the woman I love
    G   
Is drivin' me insane.
               D
Knowin' she's waitin'
    G
And I can't get there.
F#m                   F
God only knows that I wracked my brain
   C             G
To try and find a way
             D
To reach that woman
       G
In old Mexico.


Note: I originally wrote this song after I had spent a week in Puerto Penasco with a very special woman. The town was a fairly prosperous (by Mexico standards) fishing village on the Eastern side of the Sea of Cortez. I used the phrase (and still do) Fisherman's daughter which Hoyt changed to Poor Man's daughter. I also wrote a second Bridge which Hoyt chose not to use, repeating the first Bridge instead.

I hope this helps anyone who want's to play this song.


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